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奴隶制度

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4-character word Traditional 奴隸制度

What 奴隶制度 means

1. slavery

The characters in 奴隶制度

• 奴núslave
• 隶lì(bound form) a person in servitude; low-ranking subordinate…
• 制zhìsystem; to control; to regulate
• 度dùto pass; to spend (time); measure

Example sentences

• 林肯反对奴隶制度。
  Lincoln was opposed to slavery.
• 美国废除了奴隶制度。
  Měiguó fèichú le núlì zhìdù.
  America did away with slavery.
• 美国在一八六三年废除了奴隶制度。
  Měiguó zài yī bā liù sān nián fèichú le núlìzhìdù.
  America did away with slavery in 1863.
• 她出生的那个时代奴隶制度刚刚结束；那时路上没有汽车，天上也没有飞机。当时像她这样的人由于两个原因不能投票，首先她是女性，其次她是黑人。
  Tā chūshēng de nàge shídài núlìzhìdù gānggang jiéshù; nàshí lùshang méiyǒu qìchē, tiānshàng yě méiyǒu fēijī. dāngshí xiàng tā zhèyàng de rén yóuyú liǎng gè yuányīn bù néng tóupiào, shǒuxiān tā shì nǚxìng, qícì tā shì hēirén.
  She was born just a generation past slavery. A time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky, when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons: because she was a woman, and because of the color of her skin.